The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
StendhalTags: god religion tyranny 1830
The people who must never have power are the humorless. To impossible certainties of rectitude they ally tedium and uniformity.
Christopher HitchensTags: humor power tyranny totalitarianism
Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety. A people can never be deprived of their liberties, while they retain in their own hands, a power sufficient to any other power in the state.
Noah WebsterTags: liberty power safety tyranny law public-safety
The grand castle in Cartigo, the capital city of Cierith, stood high against the full moon and cast a heavy shadow across the city. The forest surrounding the city whispered eerily throughout the night, and the townspeople bolted their doors shut in fear of the soldiers who patrolled the streets looking for an excuse to arrest someone. The man responsible for this tyranny, on the other hand, sat comfortably on his stolen throne and ruled the land with an iron fist.
Brittany ComeauxTags: tyranny deliverance kingdom bogdan comeaux
There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude!
Georgette HeyerTags: tyranny
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-ActonAll the enormous machines that keep full Citizens comfortable far above us in their glittering towers, all the infrastructure of power, of fuel, of commerce and industry—all of it happens below. Made possible with our hands. With our bodies.
With our lives.
I would have done anything to escape.
I got my chance. I made it out—but the price was loneliness.
Tags: tyranny dystopia exploitation
There are always a few, Claire, who like being told what to do instead of being required to think. And those are the ones you should fear. That goes equally for humans, I'm afraid. Critical thinking has become a sadly rare skill these days.
Rachel CaineTags: thinking freedom tyranny morganville-vampires myrnin rachel-caine bite-club
Everything is mended by the soil.
Andrew CroftsTags: power wealth tyranny revolution gardens gardeners
People floating like pollen in search of more fertile soil.
Andrew CroftsTags: power wealth tyranny revolution immigrants refugees gardens gardeners
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